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Hustle

Series title card
Format Drama/Comedy
Created by Tony Jordan
Starring Marc Warren
Robert Vaughn
Robert Glenister
Jaime Murray
Ashley Walters
Theme music composer Simon Rogers
Country of origin Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
No. Tony Jordan (born 21 July 1957) is a British Television writer Marc Warren (born 20 March 1967) is an English Actor, probably best known for his role as Danny Blue in the 2004 British Robert Francis Vaughn (born November 22, 1932) is an American Academy Award -nominated actor noted for stage, Film Robert Glenister (born 11 March 1960) is an English Actor who is best known for his role in the 2004 British TV series Hustle Jaime Murray (born July 21 1977) is a British Actress. She is best known for playing Stacie Monroe in Hustle and Ashley Walters (born on 30 June, 1982 in London) better known by his stage name Asher D is a Black British Rapper and Actor Simon Rogers is a British musician and composer notable for his chart success both as a musician and as a producer as well as for his considerable portfolio of television soundtrack work The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located of seasons 4
No.  of episodes 24 (List of episodes)
Production
Running time 60 minutes per episode (UK)
Broadcast
Original channel BBC One
Original run February 24, 2004 – present
External links
IMDb profile

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Background

Created by Tony Jordan (who also wrote many of the scripts) hand in hand with Bharat Nalluri who conceived the original idea, Hustle follows a group of London-based con artists as they attempt to dupe money out of their victims ("marks"). Tony Jordan (born 21 July 1957) is a British Television writer London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. A confidence trick or confidence game (also known as a bunko, con, flim flam, gaffle, grift, scam, scheme A confidence trick or confidence game (also known as a bunko, con, flim flam, gaffle, grift, scam, scheme Despite their chosen trade, they adhere to codes such as "bad behaviour breeds bad luck". In particular they adhere to the first rule of the con "you can't cheat an honest man" because an honest man doesn't want something for nothing.

The series frequently breaks the fourth wall (usually at least once per episode) and uses cutaway scenes shot in a different style from the rest of the show. The fourth wall is the imaginary wall at the front of the stage in a Proscenium Theater, through which the audience sees the action in the world of the play For example, in several episodes the characters appear to "stop time", interacting with other characters that are frozen in place, discussing the con either with each other, or even with the audience. The technique is used as a metaphor for how the main characters manipulate their environment at will, as opposed to normal people who have no clue of what is going on. Examples of this can be seen in the pilot episode, "Gold Mine", the first episode of the second series and "Signing up to Wealth", the second episode of the fourth series. Other fourth wall-breaking moments are more subtle - a character smiles at the camera as the con begins to take shape, or makes an editorial comment to the viewers. Some episodes insert fantasy sequences - scenes shot like a Bollywood musical or a silent movie, for example. Bollywood (बॉलीवूड بالی وڈ is the informal term popularly used for the Mumbai -based Hindi-language Film industry in India

Each episode also amounts to a confidence game played upon the viewers through the use of misdirection and hidden plot details that are revealed at the end of the story. Not all cons depicted are successful, and some episodes focus on the characters dealing with the consequences of their actions. However, even if a con does fail, the characters usually come out on top in some way or other.

In addition to one long con, each episode features a number of short cons played by the major characters on members of the public. The short cons demonstrate the seemingly endless array of tricks professional con men possess and the ease with which short cons can be played.

The first six-episode series was originally broadcast in February and March 2004, and a second six-episode series began on 29 March 2005 and ran until May 2005. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The third series began on 10 March 2006 (and began on 14 April 2006 on BBC One Scotland). Events 241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. BBC One Scotland ( Gaelic: BBC a h-Aon Alba) is a Television channel operated by BBC Scotland. The fourth series began in Britain on Thursday May 3rd at 9:00pm[1] and in the U. S. 18 April, 2007. [2]

In October 2005, it was announced that the BBC had sold United States screening rights for the first two seasons to cable television station AMC, who joined as a production partner for the third run. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the AMC is a cable television network that primarily airs movies The letters originally stood for American Movie Classics. The series is also screened in Spain and Portugal through the People+Arts channel, partially owned by BBC and the first two seasons aired back-to-back on CBC in Canada during the summer of 2006. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. People+Arts (pronounced people and arts) is an entertainment television channel broadcasting to Brazil, Spain The third season premiered on CBC on February 13, 2007. Season 4 marked a departure from the usual airing of the series. Typically, the BBC would air the episode in the UK and then 6 to 9 months later they would air in the US on AMC. However, due to the additional funding that AMC provided for the production, Series 4 debuted in the US prior to airing in the UK. The series has also been shown in other countries such as New Zealand, Australia (shown on Foxtel's UKTV), Japan and Italy on La7. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Foxtel is an Australian Pay television company formed through a joint venture between Telstra, News Corporation and Consolidated Media UKTV is a subscription Television channel in Australia and New Zealand, screening British entertainment programming sourced mainly from the For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest This article is about the Italian television channel For the World War II Soviet Aircraft, see La-7.

As a result of AMC's increased involvement, the first and final episodes of series 4 were filmed on location in Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West The Las Vegas Strip (also known as The Strip) is an approximately 4 mile (6

The series got its own spin-off documentary, The Real Hustle, in which Paul Wilson, Jessica-Jane Clement and Alexis Conran travel the country demonstrating cons to real people with the aid of hidden cameras. The Real Hustle is a BBC Television series made by Objective Productions and written by Alex Conran and Paul Wilson Ronald Paul Wilson is a world renowned award winning Conjuror, Scam artist, and Television presenter. Jessica-Jane Clement (b 24 February 1985 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England) is an English Glamour model, Actress, It is aired regularly on BBC Three. BBC Three is a television channel from the BBC broadcasting via Digital cable, terrestrial, IPTV and satellite platforms

Virgin Media TV has bought the rights to show Hustle on its Flagship Channel Virgin 1. The series currently airs on Thursdays at 10pm

Cast

Main Characters

Mickey and Danny during a con, trying to sell the London Eye
Mickey and Danny during a con, trying to sell the London Eye

Contacts

Marks

Series 1

Peter Reginald Williams is a businessman that resides and operates in London. James Laurenson (born February 17, 1940) is a New Zealand Actor, who has performed many classical roles on stage and television He started his pharmaceutical company in the early eighties. His first wife was from old money and he used her family’s connections with the government to get research contracts. He regularly makes the top 500 rich list but he is greedy and will cross the street to pick up a one pound coin. He has recently bagged a new young wife but she is high maintenance and spends his cash faster than he would like. He is generally a sucker for a pretty face, spends money to impress, the shorter the skirt the looser he gets. He is an objectionable little man with the morals of an alley cat. He moves in high circles and regularly plays golf with the chancellor.
Frank Gorley is a renowned bully and the owner of a top London casino and hotel situated in the West End. Robert Pugh (born 1950) is a Welsh Film and Television Actor. The casino is bent, he ships in girls from Eastern Europe for the hotel, and the punters lose their money on the tables then curl up with one of the girls. There are twenty four girls working there in this way. Gorley is very careful with his money, to the point of being almost miserly. He is not the sort of man you take liberties with. The last person that cheated in his casino ended up in intensive care. He is surrounded by women, gambling, and alcohol but he has no discernible vices and is a bit of a loner. He is a film fanatic though and is a big fan of Cagney. Other than his love of films he is a block of ice, always calculating the odds and never goes out on a limb. He has certain rules about business, one of them being never invest money in businesses he knows nothing about. This probably stems from him once dabbling in stocks and shares and losing heavily. He now doesn’t trust them and has decided never to do them again. His laptop carries all the information about the casino and hotel and is always with him.
Meredith is a businesswoman that owns an art gallery in London called Gates Gallery. Elizabeth May Brice (born 1975) is an English Actress. She is known as convicted murderer Pat Kerrigan on ITV1 's Bad Girls Orla Brady (born 28 March 1961) is an Irish actress. Biography The second of four children born to Dublin Publican She is an avid art collector with a particular interest in the artist Mondrian; she once spent ₤250,000 on one of his pieces. She is unscrupulous, greedy, selfish, and has ripped off many poor struggling dealers and buyers over the years. She pretty much makes a hobby out of fleecing dealers. She likes to keep mere mortals at a safe distance. She is a stunning brunette and is chauffeured around in a Jaguar.
Katherine Winterborn is a businesswoman who used to be married to Steven Winterborn. David Calder (born 1 August 1946) is a British actor probably best known for his performances on Television. Tamzin Outhwaite ( born 5 November 1970) is an award-winning English actress. After they got divorced, Steven tried to float his hotel chain on the stock market, but as they were divorced Katherine would not make any money from this. She felt this was wrong as she had helped him to build it up so she seduced Mickey into ruining Steven's presentation to investors.
Arthur Bond is a rich fairground owner. Ben Miles (born 1967 Wimbledon London) is an English Actor, best known for his starring role as Patrick Maitland in the British TV Comedy Philip Jackson (born 18 June 1948, Retford) is an English Actor, Singer and Television presenter, best known Mickey and Danny "sold" him the London Eye for £100,000; when the con was exposed on the media he was ridiculed. Now he is thirsty for revenge.
Anthony Reeves is a businessman tat received a payoff of ₤500,000 from his company even though he had run it poorly. David Haig (born 20 September 1955) is an Olivier Award -winning English Actor and FIPA Award-winning Writer. This was shortly before the gang targetted him. He believes that anyone who earns less than ₤100,000 a year is part of the "great unwashed". He is a member of the same club as Albert. He likes gambling, especially the gee-gees, and prostitution of which his wife knows nothing about.

Series 2

Howard Jennings is a young high flier; a ruthless and Machiavellian property broker in London. Charlie Creed-Miles (born 24 March 1972 in Nottingham, England) is an English Actor. He finds land for the major developers to work on. He considers London his city; there is not a patch of undeveloped land in London that he doesn’t know about and has first refusal on. He is a nasty piece of work, his mantra in life is “see what you want and get it. ” He will do anything he can to get what he wants. Recently he bought a piece of land in Islington. There was an 83 year old tenant blocking the deal, she wouldn’t move because she was worried that her little cat wouldn’t find its way home. So Howard ran over the cat and the woman signed within a fortnight.
He looks like a typical city boy; red braces, no socks, expensive suits, and plenty of arrogance. He is obsessive, always one step ahead. His files are always perfect; he checks everything out, leaves nothing to chance. A rival company snatched a large parcel of land from under his nose so he took a nine iron to his glass desk. It was made worse when a large stash of Roman coins during excavation, worth a fortune. He was a laughing stock, reputation with him is everything; he has to be top dog. He reads the telegraph.
A few years back a con man took him for £30,000. Afterwards Howard became obsessed and did a bit of research. He now knows all the tricks and is paranoid about being conned again. Due to this he records every conversation that takes place in his office. A couple of months back a con man tried to work a long con on him. Howard saw straight through him from the start but played along, took the convincer off him. When the con man asked Howard to part with a hundred grand for a half million return, Howard called security and then the police. Gave the police the taped conversations he had had with the con man and made a full statement. His comments were “make sure he is given the maximum sentence, he played the game and lost; now he must face the consequences. ”
Johnny Keyes is a prominent restaurateur and celebrity chef in London, but has a notorious gangland past. Ronald Pickup (born 7 June 1940) is a well-established English Actor. Stanley Townsend is an award-winning Irish Actor. Personal life Townsend was born in Dublin, Ireland. He is an arrogant powerful thug whose past is that of a renowned killer and all round bad guy, who was demonised by the national papers. He grew up on the streets, robbing houses, talking with his fists, not to mention turning over a few banks which he has does time for. Some say they should have thrown away the key. He was evil personified. Inside he was like everybody else; a nobody. He did kitchen duty to pass the time and fast. Soon it got into his blood and he devoured books, hungry to learn. He ended up cooking for the Governor. When he got out he bought a restaurant and now he runs Keyes that is very exclusive. There is an eight week waiting period for Saturday night, and a four week waiting period for Sunday lunch. However they always keep a few tables free in case of last minute celebrities wanting to dine there. He has reinvented and smartened himself up. He no longer behaves like the gangland person he used to be. Today he acts like a gentleman but he still retains his aggressive nature. He wears expensive clothes and his car is a silver very expensive Mercedes. He has brown hair but is beginning to bald. He has to be careful of the activities he does as these days his heart is very weak. Due to his poor health he is worried about never finding his son he lost to a gangland kidnapping. He is consumed by guilt for not paying the ransom but he has no idea where to start his search. The kidnapping too place in 1974 and his one year old son James was never heard from or seen again. Johnny had a lot of enemies in those days. He was a vicious armed robber into everything from extortion to protection rackets. The kidnapping was orchestrated by some of his gangland associates who wanted revenge for Johnny swindling them out of money. Johnny had the cash to pay the ransom but he called their bluff. He wanted to use the money to start up his business. He is onto his second wife, his first and his son’s mother died of cancer. She and Johnny were separated at the time. His present one is named Julietta who is a short woman with blonde hair. Johnny is her third husband. Johnny is not a church goer but Julietta is and encourages him to go. He employs a wine expert to make sure that the wine he sells in his restaurant is always the best. He also sees some wines as investments and once paid a record amount for a bottle of vintage Bordeaux. Johnny wrote a book called Keyes Kitchen King that went into the bestsellers list.
Detective Inspector Fay Ripley is a bent policewoman who tries to blackmail Mickey and his crew. Rebecca Lacey (born 20 April 1969) is a British actress of Welsh descent born in Watford, United Kingdom. Fay Ripley (born 28 June 1966) is an English actress, known for her role in the ITV drama Cold Feet. She has a safe deposit box where she stashes all her ill-gotten gains. A safe deposit box (sometimes incorrectly called a safety deposit box) is a type of Safe usually located in groups inside a Bank vault or in the back of

Series 3

Benny Frazier, also known as Benny the Boozer, is an obnoxious nasty piece of work who owns 16 licensed pubs and clubs across the East End. Mel Smith (born in Chiswick, London on 3 December, 1952) is an English Comedian, Actor, Film director He is also a major importer of booze through his company, Benny Frazier Import/Export Company Limited. Nobody asks any questions because of all the bars he owns. What people don’t know is that he uses the alcohol shipments as a cover to smuggle in Eastern Europeans. The police have been after him for a while but they can never get anything on him. Rumour is that he hands out backhanders as if they were confetti. He is wealthy enough to be able to get £100,000 together within a day. He bought the Iron Duke in Bow about 20 years ago. It was a dive with fights every night. Benny turned it around by beating up the troublemakers.
He married above himself, some rich sort called Sharon. He showers her with gifts, but most of the jewellery is knocked off. Her father helped Benny to buy the Iron Duke. Together they live in a rather large house in Essex and have a 17 year old son called Joey. He is the apple of Benny’s eye and is a budding rap star, keen to hit the big time as a British Eminem. However, he is a talentless fool. Sharon thinks Benny indulges him too much but Benny had nothing as a kid so he always promised to himself that when it came to his son he would do whatever it took. As such Joey is a spoilt brat with a serious attitude problem. A right chip off the old block.
Some of his pubs are:
  1. The Iron Duke
  2. The Well
  3. Henry VIII
  4. Frog & Stone
  5. Duke Of York
  6. Park Horse
  7. Horse & Cart
  8. Meeting House
  9. Stone Wall Arms
Kulvinda Samar is a greedy and very wealthy businessman. Silas Carson (born 1965 is an English Actor, mostly known for playing Jedi Master Ki-Adi-Mundi and Viceroy Nute Gunray in all He owns and runs a network of small factories making counterfeit designer clothes (sweatshops in other words). He is based in Bradford but travels to London once a month on business to check up on his factories there. He was lured to the UK in the 1980’s where Thatcher’s Britain made it a perfect climate to set up his factories.
When he was younger he wanted to become a Bollywood actor. His father, a businessman, put a stop to that and so Samar took over the family business. His acting days, though, have given him a passion for Bollywood films and he spends every weekend sitting in cinemas. However, he has become bitter and twisted from not being able to pursue his dream and so takes it out on his workers and everyone else. He has brought pain and suffering to the Asian community for many years. He is a cruel, arrogant, and obnoxious man that has taken delight in crushing other people’s dreams as he could not follow his. He has this air about him that everyone else is beneath him. He pays his workers £2 an hour. They look upon him with hate in their eyes but know they can do nothing about it.
He is a control freak and a perfectionist that strives for perfection in his life. He likes to surround himself with beautiful things, especially plants like Bonsai trees and an orchid known as the lady slipper worth £30,000. He believes the art of doing the perfect business deal is in finding a person with limited options. But, like any perfectionist he knows that when something is too good to be true then it usually is.
Charles and Quenton Cornfoot are bankers and owners of Cornfoot’s Merchant Bank which was established in 1706. Cornfoot’s Merchant Bank is situated in the City. Charles is the Director of Trading and is the shake down artist. All banks are greedy but Charles has an insatiable appetite for other people’s money. If there is one thing he really enjoys it is poaching clients from someone else. Quenton is the Director of Corporate Finance. He is the roper who romances the clients and brings in the business.
They don’t care what they offer the public. As Quenton says “we stack the shelves, we don’t set the prices”. There is pretty much no kind of company that they wouldn’t float on the market. They are also guilty of insider dealing, driving the market, and selling their own clients short.
They are not averse to taking over a company, stripping out the assets, trashing the pension fund, and bankrupting the place. The fact that the workers have just lost their jobs does not bother them either.

Series 4

Johnny Maranzano is a Mafia boss in Las Vegas who owns his own casino/hotel. Robert John Wagner (born February 10, 1930) is a Golden Globe - nominated prolific American Film and Television Patricia Ann Hodge (born on 29 September, 1946 in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire) is an English actress. His father had a touch of class but Johnny is just an animal. The only things he seems to care about is himself and money. He has no regard for his staff and constantly abuses them - verbally and sometimes physically as well. His casino has a fruit machine called Big Daddy that has a jackpot of $5 million and is in honour of his deceased father. The prize money sits behind a huge fishtank. This is because his father once bought him a fishtank as a child and told Johnny that the bubbles rising to the top of the tank represent Johnny's eventual rise to greatness. Johnny gets very angry if the bubbles in Big Daddy stop so he has cleaning firm come out to clean it every so often. He hates grifters and if his security catch a grifter in his casino then he has them brought up to the security office, held down on the desk, and he brings down a baseball bat on one of their hands to teach them a lesson. This is one of his milder punishments and he is not above killing anyone who crosses him.

Episodes

Main article: List of Hustle episodes

Series 1

Series 2

Series 3

Series 4

Series 5

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An interview with Robert Glenister in The Stage magazine, published that same month indicated the BBC hadn't commissioned any new episodes at that point. The Stage is a weekly British Newspaper founded in 1880 available nationally and published on Thursdays [3]

On October 30, 2007, TvSquad interviewed Robert Vaughn. Events 637 - Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of Iron bridge. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. According to Vaughn: "We've shot 24 episodes so far and we have another six to shoot. . . the schedule now is to not only do the fifth season but also 20th Century Fox has optioned it for a motion picture which would be a prequel to the television show in the sense that you will find out how we all met. And that's the plan, of course with motion pictures when the head of a studio changes the next person who takes the job erases the entire slate, so that might not happen, but we're pretty certain we're going to be doing the fifth season in the early spring or late winter. "[4]

On January 14, 2008 the Mirror newspaper reported that the BBC had axed Hustle after four series due to a lot of the cast doing other projects. Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Marc Warren is quoted as saying "I'd certainly be surprised if I were involved with more episodes of Hustle. "[5]

However it has been noted several times that Fox have bought the rights to Hustle and are planning to make a movie. On IMDb[6] (Internet Movie Database) there has been cited a movie supposedly "in development" called "Hustle", whether or not this is the movie adaptation of the series is not yet known.

On 8 February 2008, whilst being interviewed for his new BBC Three show Being Human, Lester said on the subject of Hustle, 'At the moment I'm back in the arms of the BBC shooting a series called Bonekickers, which will be shown on BBC One in the Spring of '08. Events 421 - Constantius III becomes co- Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common There is talk of a fifth series of Hustle, but we'll see. . . '[7]

In a June 2008 TV magazine interview, James Strong who is directing a new BBC drama called Bonekickers which includes Adrian Lester in the cast, says his next project after Bonekickers will be to re-launch Hustle and bring Adrian Lester back. Matt Di Angelo's managers has reported, on their website, that Di Angelo will be playing a guest lead in the upcoming series. Matt Di Angelo (born 6 August 1987 sources disputed see talk page --> May 1 1987) of Greek and Irish descent [8]

On the DVD set of series 4. Writer Tony Jordan was hopeful of a new 5th series and a Hustle movie.

DVD Releases

Several series of the show have been released on 2-disc DVDs in both Europe and North America. The UK, Region 2, release of Season One erroneously contained the US edited versions of the episodes, and not the full uncut episodes as originally seen on BBC One. A revised edition was released some time afterwards. The revised edition has a 15 certificate whereas the cut DVD has a PG certificate. The back of the revised case also contains the words "Each episode aprox. 59 mins" under "Run Time" in the information table.

DVD Name Region 2 Release Date Region 1 Release Date
Hustle Complete Season One 18 April, 2005 September 5, 2005
Hustle Complete Season Two 19 September, 2005 February 13, 2006
Hustle Complete Season Three 23 April, 2007 July 10, 2007
Hustle One to Three Complete 23 April, 2007 TBA
Hustle Complete Season Four 28 April, 2008 January 22, 2008
Hustle Complete Series One to Four 28 April 2008 12 August 2008

References

  1. ^ BBC: Hustle
  2. ^ AMC: Hustle
  3. ^ The Stage: Hustle star: TV by committee is ‘bloody galling’; No fifth series?
  4. ^ Robert Vaughn: The TVSquad interview
  5. ^ BBC pulls Hustle plug. Mirror. co. uk (2008).
  6. ^ IMDb: Internet Movie Database
  7. ^ {{http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/02_february/08/human_lester.shtml
  8. ^ [1]

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